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Old 12-25-2004, 10:25 PM
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stubblejumper
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Default RE: Shot placement for dropping deer in thier tracks

This shot does several things. For one, it helps the bullet to expand and deliver the required energy to actually knock the deer down. Number 2, it allows for a large margin of error either heart or lungs. Number 3, the bone fragments actually act as projectiles penetrating the heart and lungs.
It also ruins a lot of shoulder meat.Very few bullets actually need to strike bone to expand properly.

I find that when rapidly expanding bullets such as ballistic tips or sst's are used at very high velocity, the majority of the deer that are shot drop on the spot or within a few yards even when lung shots are used.Not one of the 40 or so game animals that I have taken with ballistic tips at very high velocity have covered 50 yards after being shot.This includes 8 elk and 2 moose.Almost all shots were lung shots but a few did strike shoulders.
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